Marxism Unmasked from Delusion to Destruction.pdf 7471KB

automobiles for the masses. At the begmning of the twentieth ccnturv
there were some successful motor cars. The French Renault cost about
$10,000 in gold; it was a luxury car for a few verv' rich men. The activities
of Ford and of some other people made the motor car somethmg
for everybody. In this way great fortunes >*"Cfr developed. The great
department stores and the great fartories dexrloped in this ^^-ay. But now
this cannot happen. If a man starts a small enterprise and makes huge
profits, the greater part of this profit is absorbed b\- taxes. Howrver, there
are still some loopholes. If you have a good accountant you ma>- a\x>Ki
being expropriated 90 percent and ma\' be expropruted onK' 70 percent.
But the greater part of the profits which \*x>uki ha\'e been reinvr«ed are
taken by the government and spent for current expenses.
In the case of department stores, formerly an old store had to compete
for potential nevs' consumers \Mth neu- competitors. Toda\' this is no longer
the case. The small man nmU ncvrr de\rlop into a big store because his
profits are uken iv>iy b\ the goxrmmeni It is true that the old and neu
stores operate under the same bu-s; the Urge old aore aho has to pay high
income taxes. But the old store has alread\- accumulated the capital needed
for a big busuiess. while the ncv< nun ts prrvmted trom accumubting the
capital needed to expand into a big-scale enterprise The conset^uemc.
therefore, is that the competitisr spirit could eauK- disappear firom the
management of the big store. Without any danger to the old store in the
conduct of Its affairs, the old store nu\ unnetimes become "lar>"
There are people who sj> capitalmn is dsing because the spint of
competition no longer cxist\ as it u*ed lo and bnause great enterprises
become bureaucratic But capiiaimn t\ mx iKing. pet*ple are murdering it
There is a difference betWTen dving bs a disease that hnaUv rrsults in death
and dying as a result of assault and asiavstrution It is tantastK lo use as an
argument against capitalism the ta«.t that the nwipetitisr spirit in bustneu
IS weakening mu\ that Kisinesses u>fnetiines becon>e bureaucratic This is
precisely due to the tact that pet>ple are fighting against the capitalisoc
system and don't want to tolerate the institutu>m that are emmtial fo€
Its existence. Therefore. I must sas uMiiething about the difTereiKe bctwren
pn>fit and Uns under busine\s nunagement on the tme hand, and
bureaucratic nuiugcmcnt t>n the other hand
Pmfit-aiul-loss nunagement is the sign ol an enterprise, of an outfit,
that IS subject to the suprenucy of the market, i e . the supremacy of
consumers. In such an outfit the determining factor is "It it pro6tabtc or
not?" This yardstick is applied niH oriK to the whole enterpnse bm to
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